Chapter 23: Utterly Terrifying! A Horrifying Puppet!_1
"What on earth is this thing?"
The team captain, leading the way, was utterly shocked when he saw the Giant Silkworm Chrysalis before him. He wasn’t the only one; even Sister Yu, standing beside him, had a look of fear on her face. For some reason, the sight of this Giant Silkworm Chrysalis inexplicably filled them with dread. They couldn’t shake the feeling that at any moment, Demons and Monsters would burst forth from within, open their gaping maws, and devour each evolved creature one by one.
Seeing that nothing happened as Su Yan and the others approached, the rest of the onlookers quickly followed suit and stepped forward. When they laid eyes on the Giant Silkworm Chrysalis suspended in mid-air, varying degrees of surprise registered on each person’s face. The chrysalis was incredibly eerie. Two meters long and half a meter wide, its surface was covered in layers of mysterious patterns, resembling a Death Shroud, making their skin crawl at the mere sight.
"Ah!"
Suddenly, someone shrieked. Su Yan immediately looked in the direction of the noise and saw a young man with a look of horror on his face. The young man’s expression was one of extreme fright, his bloodshot eyes wide with terror. He was so scared that his lips were quivering uncontrollably; it seemed he had seen something horrifying. This sudden scream instantly made the hairs of those nearby stand on end, sending a tingling sensation across their scalps.
Sister Yu glared at him furiously, pointing at the young man’s nose and cursing, "What the hell are you screaming about? Are you trying to scare people to death!?" She had just been standing right beside the young man. His sudden scream in her ear made her jump in fright, and even her legs went a bit soft.
The young man who had screamed completely ignored Sister Yu’s reproach. Instead, he shakily pointed his finger toward the dense foliage at the top of the vines, his lips quivering as he stammered, "Face... there’s a human face over there!"
"A human face?"
Su Yan frowned upon hearing this and immediately looked in the direction the young man was pointing. The next moment, he saw a face hidden among the Strange Tree’s leaves, faintly discernible. Its eyes were hollow, its expression dull. It looked like the face of a Puppet, desolate and devoid of life.